Feldman- Complete Violin | Viola And Piano Works

Product Description Ninth in a series with previously unreleased works by well-known composers, this 128-minute 2CD set features the world premiere recordings of Morton Feldman's 1945 Sonata and 1984 Composition and is first to encompass the works for violin|viola and piano. Review Fong and Hersey play well throughout, producing a richly resonant acoustic that draws the listener into Feldman's music. --Brian Marley, The Wire, May 2006 Violinist/Violist Christina Fong and pianist Paul Hersey have illuminated Feldman's abstract notes with an unaffected, haunting beauty that is simply not to be found elsewhere. --Peter Stokely, Fanfare, September/October 2006 Christina Fong plays with an understated authority and a surprising variety of articulations and timbres. I especially like her straight-forward and yet elegiac performance of the Copland piece; she responds very well to the open, simple sonorities in the work that so unexpectedly and uncannily evoke Copland's own music. Paul Hersey matches her artistry in every detail; in fact, he gives me the rare experience of a pianist who sounds more like another soloist rather than an inspired but secondary accompanist. The recording quality is spacious and richly textured … In fact, it makes more compelling case for the music than the Mode release. Unfortunately Mode offers the works in a dry, close-up-and-personal acoustic that stresses Feldman's asceticism but neglects his sensual, even erotic qualities. Here, perhaps, is an element that might make it possible to distinguish between different but just as expert Feldman performance: sheer sonic allure. With the benefit of the added repertoire, OgreOgress's release is superior on every count. --Rob Haskins, American Record Guide, September/October 2006